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J. H. DEAN. VOTING MAGHINB. APrLIoATIoN FILED vJULY 25, 1906.

JAMES H. DEAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS AssIGNon, BY MrsNE ASSIGNMENTS, To

EMPIRE VOTING MACHINE COMPANY, A .CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Oct. 4, 1910.

l Application led July 25, 1905. Serial No. 271,216.

To all whom 'it may. concern.'

Be it known that I, JAMES H. DEAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illmois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Voting-Machines, ofwhich I do declare the following to be a full, clear', and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this .speclcation The present invention has for its main ob-.ject to provide improved mechanism for enabling avoter to cast hisballot for a candidate or candidates other than those .whose namesappear in the several party groups on the in achlne.A The necessity ofenabling a voter, when voting for any of the regular party candidatesWhose names appear upon the machine, to retract his ballot up to thetime he leaves the booth, has long been recognized.' But while provision`has been made for allowing such retraction of ballots cast for suchparty nominees or candidates, still, no provision has been made,heretofore', whereby a like retraction of the votersballot could be hadwhen he cast his ballot for" a person Whose name does not appear on themachine as a candidate oi any one of the I 4specified political parties.By my present invention the voter is enabled to cast a ballot for anyone or a number of persons whose names do not appear upon the machine asnominees of the regular political parties and the voter isenabled, by myinvention, to cast his ballot for any persons who may be named ascandidates by political part-ies, by petition or otherwise, in event thenumber of parties is in excess of the group capacity of the machine;that is to say, where the parties making nominations exceed in numberthe number of party groups for Which the machine is organized. Not onlyis the voter thus enabled to cast his independent ballot, but with myinvention he is enabled` 1 movement so restricted that while this deviceis enabled to restore to normal position any ballot keys of its groupthat may have been actuated by the voter, it is prevented from movingthe ballot keys to the voted position.

The invent-ion has for its further obj ect'to improve in variousrespects the mechanism for enabling the voter to markan independentballot, and these several objects of invention are accomplished by thefeatures of novelty hereinafter described, illustratedin theaccompanying drawings and particularly pointed out in the claims at theend of this speciication.

In carrying out my invention, I refer to parts of. the voting machine asmore directly appertain to the operation of the mechanism whereby theindependent ballots are printed or marked, but for a betterunderstanding of the parts with which this mechanism is associated in acomplete machine, I desire to make reference to a companion applicationfor Letters Patent tiled by me in the Patent Oiiice on the 27th day ofDecember,

1.904, serial No. 238,388.

Figure 1 is a View in front elevation of a voting machine embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a view upon an enlarged scale (full size) invertical section, through that portion of the upper part of the machinecontaining the independent' ballot Aprinting mechanism and adjacentparts. Fig. 3 is a view in horizontal section on line 33 of Fig. 2,certain of the type carrying plungers being shown in plan and others inhorizontal section. Fig. 4 1s a detailview in horizontal. section online '4-4 of Fig. 2, this view showing merely one of the removablesections and its contained parts. Fig. 5 is a view in vertical sectiono-n ,line 5--5 of Fig. 4.' Fig. 6 is a detail view in side elevation ofone of the ballot keys. Fig. 6a is a detail plan View of mechanism forholding a ticket in position to be printed. Figs. 7 and 8 are views invertical transverse section through voter departs from the the upperpart of the inclosing vcasing at the rear, showing in elevation .variousparts,

' whereby the straight ticket shafts, the actuator shafts, etc., areconnected and operated. Fig. 9 is a view in rear elevation with theupper part of the backoft-he casing broken away. Fig. 10, is a View in.vertical section from front to rear on line 10-10 of Fig. 2.-

' .delivery of independent ballots to the inte- I'atin han le'27ar whenhe enters the booth. 1n

rior of the casing. It will be understood that the casing of the machineis contained within a suitable booth, as indicatcdin Fig. 1 of thedrawings. of vertical posts 1, four in number; these posts beingconnectedat their tops-by 'suitable cross-bars and a swinging'ront bar'from which the curtains of the booth will be` suspended. Inasmuch asthemechanism for operating the front' curtain bar 18 of the booth forms novlart of t-he present in'- vention, it will be su cient to state thatthis front bar v18 will hang downward in vertical position ,when thebooth is empty, and willv be raised to the horizontal position shown inFig. 1 by the voter manipulating an -operlever 27 through the medium ofa my present construction, asin that set forth in my above mentionedapplication No. 238,388, the shifting of the operating" lever 27 notonly serves to raise andv lower the front curtain of the booth, butserves also,

as the voter lleaves the booth (and for such purpose shifts the lever27) to lower the front curtain rod .18, to' cause the registration ofa'll the ballots thatthe voter has cast. On

the other hand, the oppositeshifting of the operating lever 27 to lraisethe curtain rod 1S and close the booth as another voter enters thebooth, will serve not merely to close the curtain' of the booth, butalso to place the Various parts of the/mechanism within the machine inposition to enable .the voter to cast his ballots.

-Through the top plateof the inclosing casing of the machine extend anumber of rows of ballotvkeys, each row comprising,-

keys invnumber corresponding to the number of oiiices that may bevotedfor, and these several rows (with the exception of one row of ballotkeys commonly designated the independent or A irregular voting keys) arecommonly designated party rows or AFgroups*of k'eysJj Adjacent each ofthe keys of the several 'rows orvgroups will be This booth m'ayconsistmarked ithenames of the otiices for which corresponding ballots' may becast, and, in proximity to the names of such oiiices, will appear thenames ofthe various candidates of the several political parties.Adjacent the row of independent ballot keys will ap` pear, upon the topplate of the machine, merely the names of the oiices to which candidatesare to be elected. As the arrange- Y ment of party rows or groups ofkeys is well understood, and is fully set forth! in my above mentionedapplication, it is no-t deemed necessary to illustrate the complete rowsof keys; nor is it deemed-necessary to.

illustrate the mechanism-whereby the keys of Vthe dierent party groupsenable, the voter to effect a registration ofhis ballot.

From front to back of the machine, and parallel with the rows of ballotkeys, extend 4a corresponding number of straight ticket shafts 210,these shafts enablingl the voter,

who desires to cast ballots for all the candidates of any one politicalparty, to do so 'by the sim le manipulation of the correspondingstralght ticket shaft. Adjacent the rows of ballot keys there extendalso a plurality of actuator shafts 200, the movement of which Causesthe registration of the ballots in accordance with the ballot keys thathave been actuated by the voter. The specilic mech#- anism whereby thevoter is enabled to cast hisvballot for any of the candidates whosenames a pearvn on the machine, -the mechanism w ereby t e registrationof the ballots is effected, and the mechanism wherebythe castingofstraight ticket ballots may be accomplished, form no part of thepresent invention; -but to a better understanding of the presentinvention, the illustration of such parts to some extent seemsnecessary.

In Fig. 1 there are shown leight rows of 4ballot keys 160. The row ofkeys 160 appearing upon the left-'hand side of the ma chine 1n Fig. 1constitutes the independent ballot keys, while the remaining seven rowsof keys 'belong to the various party groups.

It will be understood, of course, that the keys inpeach party row orgroup, and, as well, also, the row of independent ballot keys, mayinclude as many keys as are deemed necessary. lIn Fig. 1 .of thedrawings there are shown eight ballot keys 160. Each of these keysA 160may comprise a squared upper portion that extends through the top' ofthe inclosing casing, this upper portion having connected thereto aplate metal body or wer portion that passes between suitable guides 4(see Fig. 2). Each of the keys 160 is shown as provided with offset lugs161that engagel slots 162 in a 'sliding indicator -plate 163, so thatthe shifting of the keys serves to e'ect a corresponding movementv ofthe indicator plates 1n orderto show to the voter that the ballot keydepressed is actuating the mechanism within the casing. Each of theballot keys 160 (of the independent ballot keys) is formed with a hole164, through which extends loosely a pin 165 projecting from a plate 166that is mounted to slide in vertical direction as the ballot keyis-moved. Each of the plates 166 (see Figs. 3 and 5) is formed with. along slot 167, the purpose of which will presently appear. Each plate166 is mounted in manner free to slide between arms 170 "and 171 thatproject laterally from the die Shifters 172. Each of the arms 170 andl171 is formed with a hole 173, adapted to receive the stem 180 oflaplunger 181, whereby the marking type will be carried. Preferably, theplunger 181 is formed with a chamber in which is set the die carrier,the outer portion of which carries the die or type 182. As shown, thedie carrier is formed of two parts, viz: the parts 183 and 184, theseparts being screw-threaded together. As shown, the part 183 is formedwith a reduced stem that enters a correspondingly threaded hole formedthrough the part 184. A slot 185 is formed through the outer portion 183of the die carrier and through this slot 185 passes a pin 186, the endsvof which are embedded in the outer end of the plunger 181; By means ofthe sleeve or part 184 that sets upon the stem of the part 183 of thedie carrier, the part 183 can be adjusted so as to cause the type or die182 to properly make its impression upon the ballot, as will presentlyappear; and the pin 186 not-only holds the type or die in properposition, but also allows for its adjustment, as last described. Uponthe outer ends of the plungers 181 are the lugs or flanges 187 that setwithin, and are adapted to engage, lateral lugs or eXtensions 175 formedat the ends of the dieshifters 171. Each die-shifter 171 serves to shifttwo dies and each die shifter is mounted between a series ofspacing-sleeves 176 that. are carried by plates- 177 fixedl to the sideplates 178 of the sections, (see Figs. 2 and In each of the ballot keys160 is formed a slot 167 through which projects the short end 168 of arocker-arm 169 that is mounted upon the independent or irregularstraight ticket shaft 190. The opposite ends of the rocker-arms 169 areconnected to links 191 that lead downward to interlocking mechanism thatmay be of any suitable construction. The purpose of this interlockingmechanism, as well understood` is to limit the number of ballot keysthat the voter is at libe-rtv to operate. and, preferably, thisinterlocking mechanism will comprise a series of slide blocks, thespreading of which will be effected by the lifting of the links 191. The

particular construction offinterlocking mechanism preferably employedwill form the subject-mattei' of a separate application about to befiled by me in the United States Patent Oiice and to which applicationreference may be had for a more complete understanding of the exactconstruction of such interlocking mechanism shown on lSheet 2 of thedrawings. As shown, the lower ends of each pair of links 191 of eachrocker-arm 169 are connected by a pin217 and this pin 217 sets in aspace 230 formed between the adjacent slide-blocks 221 and 222. Theslide-blocks 221 and 222 comprise suitable plates to which'are securedpins or studs 225 that extend above and below a supporting bar 224 alongwhich the slide-blocks are free to move within lcertain limits. Adjacentthe Aslide-block 221 and at the right thereof are the slide-blocks 220that are also supported uponthe bar 224, the blocks 220 being` notchedorl cut away at their corners to admit the cross-pins 217l thatunite thelower ends of the links 191 that lead to the rockervarms 169. 1t will beunderstood by those familiar with this class of machines that all theinterlocking slide-blocks mounted upon the bar 224 are so disposed thatthey can be separated only a distance sufficient to permit a connectingpin 217 at the end of one pair of links 191 to riselabove the space 230and between the upper portions of theslideblocks, and when any pin 217is thus lifted it will prevent the lifting of a pin 217 corresponding toany other ballot key and, hence, will prevent the operation of suchballot key and consequently will prevent the casting of more than oneballot for any one office.

There will be a rocker-arm 169 for each of the ballot keys 160,4 andeach rocker-arm, as

shown, is mounted upon a sleeve 192 through the squared hole of whichpasses the straight independent ballot shaft 190. Each rockerarm 169 isformed with a segmental slot 193, into which extends a lug 194 that isformed on the sleeve 192, the lug 194 being much shorter than the lengthof the segmental slot or space 193. To the outer end of each of thedie-Shifters 171 is connected a pair of links 210', the opposite ends ofwhich links vare pivotally connected to an arm `211 that projects from asleeve 212 that is mounted upon a rocker-shaft 213, the move` ment ofthis shaft being from the position shown by full lines to the positionshown by dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

By reference to Figs. 7 and 8 of the draw ings, it will be seen that theend of the rocker-shaft 213 is connected by an arm with a link 23,9, towhich link are connected the arms of the various actuator shafts 200,whereby the movement of the register wheels within the inclosing casingwill be effected. This movement of the registerwheels, however, vformsno part of the presvent invention, and, being completely set forth in mycompanion application No. 238,388, above-mentioned, need not be hereindescribed. iBy reference alsoto Figs. 7 and 8 it will be seen that theindependent straight ticket shaft 190 carries at its end an arm 195 thatis united by a link 196 to a rocker-arm 197 that is pivotedupon the stud198, the opposite end of this rocker-arm 197 being connected by a linkor rod 199 to an arm 281 projecting downwardly from a bar 278 that ismounted to slide transversely at the back of the machine. The bar 278 isprovided with a number of slots 277 into which extend studs 276 thatproject from the' arms 275 at the ends of the straight ticket shafts210. The bar 278 is adapted to restore the straight ticket shaftsl tonormal position, and, by reason of th connection of this bar to theindependent straight ticket shaft, in' manner above described, themovement of the bar 278 will also serve to restore the independentballot keys to normal position. To the bar 278 is connected an' arm 281to which is pivotally attached the inner end of a shifter-bar 282, thefree end of which .extends outside of the machine, where it will beunder the control ofl the oficer of election. This lshifter-bar is shownas furnished at its end with a hole 282a to enable the bar to beconveniently grasped by the hand of the oflicer under whose immediatecontrol this bar is, and the bar 282 is formed at some distance from itsv outer end with a hole 282b to enable a lock (such as the hasp of apadlock, or other locking device) to be passed through the barin orderto limit the extent to which it may be moved inward, under certainconditions to be presently stated. The underside ofthe bar 2 82 isprovided with a shoulder 283` adapted to engage with a pin 283s, thispin serving to prevent the shifting of the bar 282 inward, so long asthe pin 2831` is in engagement with the shoulder 283. When, however, thebar 282 has been lifted bly the election oflicer,.so that its shoulder283 clears the pin'283a, the bar 282 may be shifted back and forth toeffect a' corresponding shift of the bar 278.

i Under the laws of some States, the voting of straight tickets isforbidden, such laws requiring that the voter shall operate eachindividual ballot key `corresponding to the olice for which a ballot iscast. Now, if the hasp of a padlock or other locking devicebe insertedinthe hole 282b of the bar 282, this bar 282 can then be moved inwardonly to the extent'shown in Fig. 8 of the drawing; and this restrictionlof the inward movement of the bar 282 correspondingly limits ytheinward movement of the bar 278.

vWhen the movement of bars 282 and 278 is thus limited, thecrank-arms275 on the straight ticket shaft 210 cannot betur-ned to theleft beyond the vertical position; nor, can the crank-arm 195 on the endofthe shaft 190 be turned to the right beyond a' that Athe limitedmovementof the crankarm 195 from the position shown in Fig. 7, to thevertical positionshown in Fig. 8 of the drawings, willsimply cause therockersleeve 192 and its lug 194 (see Fig. 2) to turn until the lug 194contacts with the shoulder at the lower end of the segmental slot 193 ofthe rocker-arm 169. Hence, this movement of the independent straightticketshaft 190 and of the crank-arm 195 will not effect any downwardmovement of the independent ballot keys 160. Consequently, it

will be necessary -(when the movement of the bar 282 is restricted asabove described) for the voter to depress individually each of theballot keys 160 corresponding to the individual ballots that he wishesto cast. If, however, the inward movement of the bar 282 is notrestricted as above described, and` this bar 282 and the bar 278 bemoved in' ward to the full extent, then the voter, by manipulating theindependent straight ticket 'shaft 190, can turn this shaft and its.'crank-arm 195 to the-left .(from the position shown in Fig. 7) to apoint beyond the vertical, and, as the crank-arm 195 passes thisvertical position, the lug 194 (see Fig. 2) will engage the shoulder ofthe lower end of the segmental slot 193 and will turn all therocker-'arms 169 on such shaft in the direction of the arrow, (Fig. 2),thereby causing these rocker-arms to move downward simultaneously withall of the independent ballot keys 160. It-will, therefore, be seen thatwhether the movement of the bars 282 and 278 be restricted or not,

all the ballot keys may be simultaneously restored to raised or normalposition. But,

if the movement ofthe bars A282 and 27 8 be restricted, then thesimultaneous depression, or voting movement, of the ballot keys 160,by'the operation of the independent straight ticket shaft 190, isprevented, thereby requiring the individual manipulation of theseveralind'ependent ballot keys-160 by the voter. The bar 282 is shownas provided with a hole 282d adapted to receive the hasp of a padlock,the wire of a seal, or the like,

in order to permit the machine to be locked so that the bar 282 cannotbe shifted, and when lthe bar is thus locked, the operation of all themechanism controlled by said bar 282 is prevented.

Parallel with the independent ticket shaft extends the ballot holdingshaft 4:00, that is furnished with sleeves 401 carrying ballot holdingarms 402, adapted.

straight ,along the shaft 400 to rto receive his ballots. shown theAnected the arm 258 that is united 257 and a link 256 to a slidnigplate252, a

to be projected through a slot 64a in the wall 63 of the inclosingcasing, this slot 64a" being located at a distance below the slot 64bthrough which'the dies or types 182 will beprojected. These arms 402 maybe flat plates arranged a suflicient distance apart sustain a paperballot when it has been inserted in the passageway or throat 63a of thecasing. Upon the end of the shaft 400, and preferably at the back of thecasing crank-arm 404 that is connected yby a link 405 with a rockinglever 406 that is pivoted on a pin 280 projecting from the wall of theinclosing casing, this pin passing through a slot 279 formed in the bar278. The lower end of v'the rocking-lever 406 is provided with a pin.407that projects into a slot 408 formed in a bar 408, one end-of which isconnected to an elbow lever 287 that is pivoted upon a stud 288 that ismounted in supporting plates within the inclosing casing. A spring 410connects the lower arm of the lever 406 with one end ofthe bar 4082* andserves to holdthe pin 407 normally at one end of the slot 408. Tho upperend of the elbow lever 287 is arranged in position to be engaged by apin 286 that projects from the bar 278 while the lower end of this elbowlever 287 is provided with a stud 289' adapted to enter a cam-slot 290of a cam-block 291. shown by dot-ted lines in Figs. 7 and 8 of thedrawings. Above the cam-block 291 is mounted another cam-block 246 inthe slotA of which projects a pin 244 at the lower end of an elbow lever242 that is pivoted,

connected to the bar 239. The cam-blocks 291 and 246, which form no partof the present invention. but are fully set forth in my companionapplication No. 238,388, serve to etl'ect the movement of the elbowlevers 287 and 242 when one voter shifts the operating lever 27 (seeFigs. 1`and 9) l'to lower the curtain rod, as he leaves the booth, andwhen another voter, entering the booth, reversely shifts the operatinglever 27 to raise the curtain rod and place the mechanism within theinclosing casing in position In Fig. 9 I have power portion of theoperating lever 27 where it is pivotally mounted o n the back of themain casing, the upper portion of this lever being broken away. vTo thepivot shaft of the operating lever 27 is` con by a pin plate-spring 255a256 normally 252.`

serving to brace the link against the .sidebfl the .plate 'From theinner end" of Athe plate 252 (see Figs. 7 and 8), is fixed a.

project the studs 251A and 294 through slots 250 and 293 in a plate 247,and from the outer end of the plate 252 project similar studs 251 and294 through slots 250 formed in the plate 247. The studs 251 and 294serve to transmit movement from the plate 252 to the cam-blocks 246 and291, as will be readily understood by reference to my application No.238,388 before referred to.

From the foregoing description, the manner in which a voter may castaninde endent or regular ballot will be seen to e as follows: If it beassumed that the voter desires to vote an independent straight ticket(2'. e., to cast all the ballots that he is entitled t-o cast forparties whose names do not appear in the party groups upon the machine),then,l as he enters the booth, he will turn the operating lever27 so asto raise the front curtain of thev booth, and this movement of theoperating lever 27 will serve to shift the cam-blocks 291 and 246, asfully set forth -in my above mentioned application No.` 238,388, so asto cause the upper end of the elbow lever 287 to be moved away from thepin 286 of the bar 278. This move- -ment of the upper end of the elbowlever 287 will shift the bar 408EL toward the right, thereby permittingthe spring 410 to turn the' lever 406 and cause the rod 405 to swing thecrank-arm 404 toward the left (Fig. 7), and thereby move thevcard-holding arms 402 into the passageway 63a, where they will be' inreadiness to sustain any ballot that may be placed within the passageway 63a. The movement of the cam-block 246, which will occur slightly inadvance of the movevment of thecam-block 291, will have shifted theelbow lever 242, thereby causing the upper end of this elbow lever242,through the medium of the rodl 241 and the lever 240, to move vthe bar239 toward the left ,(Fig. 7) thereby causing the crank-arm` 213a on theend ofthe shaft 213 to swing toward the left, and this movement of therocker-shaft 213 will turn the crank-arm 211 (see Fig. 2) from theposition shown by full lines to the position shown by dotted lines, inFig. 2. Inasmuch, however, as this movement of the crank-arm 211, andconsequent movement of the parts actuated thereby, must occur before anyof the individual Y ballot keys 160 have been actuated, it follows thatno movement of the dieser type 182 will be effected thereby. Theelection otlicer having control of the bar 282 will now lift the barfrom off 'the pin 283a and move `the bar to its full extent, no padlockhasp being at such time within the holes of the bar. If, now,thevoterdesues .to cast all his ballots for persons whose names do notappear upon themachine, he will write upon a paper ballot '(to befurnished for such purposeA and provided with spaces arranged inaccordance with the oflices for which ballots i may be cast) thenames'of the persons for .independent ballot keys are thus movedstraightticket shaft 190, and, by so doing,

will cause all of the rocker-arms 169 upon this shaft to turn in thedirection of the arrow (Fig. 2) and to carry downward all of theindependent ballot keys 160. As these downward, they will carry withthem the slide plates166 until the upper uncut portions of these platescome oplposite the inner ends'of the stems 180 of t e plungers 181. Thevoter will then shift 'the operating lever 27 in order to lower thefront curtain-rod of the booth to permit him to pass from the booth;and, in thus shifting the operating lever 27 he will cause thecam-blocks 246 and 291 to be moved from the position seenin Fig. 8 tothe'position shown in Fig. 7. This movement of the cam-blocks will firstcause the cam-block 246 to shift the lever 242 in order to move the bar239 toward the right, thereby turning the'shaft- 218 and its crank-arms211 from the position shown by dotted lines to the position shown byfull lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings. This shifting of the shaft 213 andits arms 211 will cause the dies or types 182 of 4all the plungers 180to be moved outward and to impress or mark the ballotV at such timessupported by the ballot holding arms 402 within the passageway' 63a. Ifno inking ribbon, or like device, be employed within the passageway 63,then the marking of the ballot will depend simply upon the embossing ofthe ballot b the dies or types 182. The movement o the shaft 213 and itscrank-arms from the osition shown by .dotted lines to the position shownby full lines in Fi 2 ofthe drawings not only servesV to e ect theoutward movement of forces the lever 406 through the rod 405'to closingcasing of the machine.

turn the ballot holding shaft 400 luntil the .ballot-holding arms 402,carried by such shaft, vare moved out of the passageway 63 so as topermit the ballot to drop into the -in- This same movement of the elbowlever 287 causes its upper end to engage the pin 286 on the barl 278,thereby moving the bar 278`toward the left from the position shown inFig. 8 of the dra-wings.. As the bar 278 is thus moved toward theA left,it will--through the medium of the rod 199, the lever 197, the link Hewill then in-v 196 and crank-arm 195-turn the independ- I.

ent straight ticket shaft 190 from the position shown in Fig. 8 to theposition shown in Fig. 7, and, at the same time, will turn the variousother straight ticket shafts (corresponding to,the party groups), so ast0 restore to normal position the ballot keys of such groups. Thismovement of the inpendet straight ticket shaft will cause therocker-arms 169 of such shaft to be turned' in the direction the reverseof that shown by the arrow in Fig. 2 of the drawings, thereby liftingall of the independent ballot keys 160 to normal position, and inreadiness to be actuated bythe next voter.

If it be assumed that the machine is being operated under the laws of aState in whichthe voting of straight tickets is forbidden,

then. the election oiicer will Vinsert the hasp of apadlock in the hole282b of the barv 282, so as to limit the inward movement of such bar andof the bar 278. 'The bar 278,.thus` restricted, can be moved inward onlyto the extent shown in Fig. 8 of the drawings, and, as above explained,with the bar 278 in such restricted position, the voter cannot, by theoperation of the independent straight ticket shaft 190, depresstheindependent ballot keys 160, but must, by his hand, individually,depress such keys. Again, if it be assumed that' the voter desires tocast certain ballots for parties-whose names appear upon themachine, andto cast certain other ballots for lparties whose names do not appearuponthe machine, he will depress'certain of the independent ballot keys 160corresponding to the offices other than those the keys of which he hasdepressed in one or 4It will beunderstoo'd, of course, that thedepression of the independent ballot keys 160, yby turning the rockingarms 169, will lift the rods 191 that extend v:to .the interlockingmechanism. The object in providing the plates 166 with long slots toin-- sure the complete depression of ballot ke'ys 160 and consequentmovement of .the interlockingl mechanism before the solid portions oftheplates 166 can'be brought into position to cause the correspondingtypes or dies to be shifted to mark the ballots.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim lvas new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, isf- 1. Avoting machine comprising in comi lotkey and controlling parts connected therewith being retractile bythevoter until said-operatingimeans has been caused to actuate theballot-marking mechanism.

3. A voting machine comprising in combination mechanism for placing aninde pendent ballot beyond the voters control,

means for marking said independent ballot,

means for operating said ballot -marking mechanism, a ballot keyarranged to control vthe actuation of the ballot-marking mechanism byits operating means, and the controllin parts connected therewith beingretracti e by the voter until said operating means has been caused toactuate the ballot-marking mechanism and until said mechanism forplacing the independent ballot beyond the voters control has beenbrought intooperation. v

4. A voting machine comprising in combinationmechanism for marking aballot, means for operating said mechanism and a ballot key arranged tocontrol the actuation of the ballot-marking mechanism by itsoperatingmeans, said ballot key being retractile -by the voter and meansindependent of said ballot key for imparting movement to the meanswhereby the ballot-marking mechanism is operated.

A5. voting machine comprising an inclosing casing provided with apassageway adapted to receive independent ballots, in combinationwithmeans for holding said independent ballots within said passageway,a4 marking mechanism for marking said ballots, means for operating saidballot-marking mechanism and a ballot key arranged to control theactuation of the ballot-marking mechanism by its operating` means, saidballot key being retractile by the voter until said operating means hasbeen caused to actuate the ballot-marking mechanism and until theballot-holding device Ywithin said passageway has been released.

6. A voting machine comprising in combination a plurality of devices formarking a ballot, operating mechanism for effecting the 'impression ofsaid ballot-marking devices, a plurality of ballot keys arranged tocontrol the actuation of the ballot-marking devices by said operatingmechanism and means whereby several of said ballot keys may be'simultaneously shifted.

7. A voting machine comprising in combination a plurality of devices formarking a. ballot, means for operating said ballotsaid ballot key ballotmarking.

,said ballot keys to marking devices, a plurality of ballot keysarranged to control the actuation ot the ballot-marking devices by theiroperating means, means whereby several of said ballot keys may besimultaneously shifted in one direction to enable them to control theactuation of the ballot-marking devicesand may be shifted in theopposite direction to restore normal position, and means whereby thesimultaneous shifting of said ballot keys to control the actuation ofthe ballot-marking devices may be locked or dogged.

8, A voting' machine comprising in combination mechanism for marking aballot, a ballot key, means controlled by said ballot 4key for causingthe ballot marking mechanism to be actuated, and an interlocking deviceconnected to said key, said ballotkey being arranged to set saidinterlocking device before said key shifts to operative position, andmeans whereby the actuation of the ballot marking mechanismis'controlled.

9. A voting machine comprising in combination, a movable die or type formarking a ballot, a ballot keya slotted plate arranged to be shifted bysaid ballot key for causing the ballot marking dies or type to beactuated, and an interlocking device operated by said key, said slottedplate serving to enable the ballot key to set said'interlocking devicebefore said slotted plate is brought to position for causing the ballotmarking dle or type to be actuated.

l0. A voting machine comprising in combination, a plurality ot'independently movable ballot keys, a plurality of ballot marking devicescorresponding to said keys, mechanism common to all of said ballotmarking devices for causing them to mark the ballots, and meanscontrolled by each of said keys whereby the ballot marking device corre,

spending to said keymay be caused to mark the ballot when said 'commonactuating mechanism is operated.

11.l A voting machine comprising in combination, a' ballot key, meanscontrolled by said ballot key for causing a ballot marking mechanism tobe `actuated, and a ballot marking mechanism comprising a movable dieand means for adjusting the position of said die in theldirection of itsmovement to insure the accurate operation of said die.

12. A voting machine comprising in combination, a plurality of ballotmarking devices, a plurality of ballot keys, mechanism whereby anynumber of said ballotmarking devices may be simultaneously vactuated tocause them to mark the ballot, and suitable means connected with saidballot keys and arranged intermediate between said marking devices andsaid actuating mechanism whereby, by the shifting of said ballot keys,any one or more of said marking devices ico dies,` a plurality ofindependently movable carrying dies, a plurality of independentlymovable ballot keys, a plurality of individual shifters for' moving saidplungers to cause the dies to mark the ballots and a plu'- rality ofdevices controlled by said ballot keys whereby the shifter mechanismmaybe caused to actuate any one or more of the die- 'carrying plungers.

14. A voting machine comprising in combination a plurality ofdie-carrying plun-A gers for marking ballots, a plurality of ballot keyscorresponding to said die-carrying plun gers, means shiftable by saidballot keys for controlling 'the actuation of said die carryingplungers, a shiftingv mechanism whereby any one or more of said diecarrying plungers may be actuated, said shifter mechanism Comprising a shaftand togglelinks whereby the plungers are actuated.

v 15. A voting machine comprising inv combination a plurality ofdie-carrying plungers, a plurality Aof ballot keys, movable platesconnected to said ballot keys through which plates the stems of saidplungers may pass, a die-shifter carrying said plate and in which Saidplate is movably mounted and means for moving said die-shifter back andforth t0 operate the die-carrying plunger.

16. A voting machine comprising in combination a plurality ofballot-marking dies, plungers for carrying safid dies, a die-shifterp-L'Qvided with arms perforated to permit the passage therethrough ofstems projecting from the Adie-carrying plungers, and movable plates,carried by said die-Shifters and arranged to be. moved by the ballotkeys to prevent the passage of the plunger stems through Said shifterarms and to cause the plungers to be moved by said arms. 17.V A votingmachine comprising in combination a ballot key, means controlled by saidkey for causing a ballot-marking die to be, actuated, and a support forsaid die formed of screw-threaded adjustable sections. y

18. A voting machine comprising in combination a die for making aballot, a screwthreaded sleeve or part for adjusting said die, a plungerfor supporting said die, a ldieshifter for actuating sa-id plunger, a.ballot key and means controlled by said ballot key for determining .theoperation of said dieshifter.

19. A voting machine comprising in combination a die for marking aballot, a plunger chambered to receive said die,a pin connecting saiddie to theplunger, an adjustable screw-threaded part Wlthin said plungerfor determining'the exact movement of the die,-

marking device from said passageway when A the actuation of4 theballot-marking device has occurred.

21. A voting machine comprising in combination a casing having apassageway for a paper ballot, a device for marking said ballot, meansfor holding said ballot temporarily in said passageway during theoperation of the marking device, means for'shiftf ing said markingdevice, a ballot key for controlling the operation of said markingdevice, and means whereby the retraction of said ballot marking deviceis effected before the ballot is released byits holding means.

9.2. A voting machine comprising in combination a casing having apassageway for a paper' ballot, a type or die for marking said ballot, ashaft provided with an arm 'arranged to extend into said passageway andbeneath the marking device for temporarily holding theballot in positionto be marked, means for shifting said marking device, a ballot key and apart shiftable by said ballot key for`- determining the operation 'ofany onel of said ballot-marking devices.

23. A voting machine comprising in combination a. casing havmg aypassageway for paper ballots, meansfor detaining said ballots in saidpassageway, a plurality of ballot-marking devices arranged above saidballot-dctaining means, a plurality of ballot keys and means controlledthereby whereby any one or more of said ballot marking devices may bemoved to be' actuated and a shift-ing device whereby the simultaneousmovement o f all the ballot-marking devices that are to be actuated iseffected and means for simultaneously restoring to normal position thevarious ballot keys that have been actuated.

24. A voting machine comprising in combination a casing havingapassageway to receive a paper ballot, a series of die-carrying plungerslfor marking said ballot, a series of die-Shifters for moving saidplungers, a plurality of ballot keys corresponding in arrangement tosaid die-carrying plungers, means whereby each of said ballot keys isenabled to controlv the actuation of its corresponding die-carryingplunger and v means for shifting said ballot holding device and forrestoring said ballot keys to normal position.

`25. A voting machine comprising a plurality of irregular voteindicators, one for each ofiice to be filled, and a plurality of ballotimpression devices, each having an impressionlface different from theothers and controlled, one by each of said vote indicators,substantially as described.

26. A votingmachiiie comprising a plurality kof irregular votoindicators, one for cach office to be filled, and freely movable intoand out of set position to change the vote, plurality ofballotiinpression devices each having an impression face different fromvvthe others and each controlled 'by one of said indicators, and meansfor causing an impression to be made from impression devicescorrespondingl to v indicators left in set position.

' 27, A voting machine comprising a plurality of irregular voteindicators movable into, and out of voted position to change'anirregular vote, oneindicator for each office to be lled, a plurality ofballot impression devices one corresponding to each indicator and eachYhaving an impression character different from the others andv means forcausing the. ballot impression to be made subsequently to the movementof the irregular indicator to voted position.

28. A voting machine comprising a plurality .of irregular voteindicators movable into and out of voted position to change an irregularvote, one indicator for each office to be filled, a plurality of ballotimpression devices one corresponding to each indicator and each havingan impression character different from the others and means for causingthe ballot impression to be made and the ballot fed subsequently to themovement of the irregular indicator to.voted position.

29. A voting machine comprising a plurality of irregular vote indicatorsmovable into and out of voted position to change an irregular vote, oneindicator for each office to be filled, a plurality ofballot'impressiondevices one corresponding to each indicator,` and each having animpression character',

different fromthe others Vto identify the ballot with the correspondingoiiice to be filled, and meansfor causing the impression to be made andthe ballot to be deposited subsequently to the movement of the irregularindicator to voted position.

, 30. In a voting machine, the combination of a plurality of irregularvote indicators movable into and out of voted position to correct orchange an irregular vote, a plurality of ballot impression devices onecorresponding to each indicator, each of said indicators being arrangedto place the corresponding Vimpression device into and out of conditionfor operation, and means for effecting the impression of the devices inoperative condition upon a ballot.

31. The combination of an oscillating shaft, a Ycrank thereon, linksyconnected to said cran-k; a die shifter connected to .said links andlreciprocated thereby, a normally inactive die positionedi'n line withsaid reciprocating die shifter and separated therefrom by a` platemovable transversely to said die and die shifter to fill the openingbetween I- them and compel them to move in unison. I

32. The combination of an oscillating shaft, a crank thereon, linksconnected to said crank; a die shifter connected to said links andreciprocated thereby, a normally inactive die positioned in line with`said reciprocating die shifter and separated therefrom by a platemovable transversely to said die and die Shifters to fill the openingbetween them and compel them to move in unison, and means for movingtransversely a plurality of said plates inunison.

33. A voting machine comprising a plura'lity of irregular voteindicators, one for each ofice to be lled, and a plurality of ballotimpression devices, each having antiinpression face and controlled, oneby each of said vote indicators.

34. In voting machines, t-he combination with a holder for independentand irregular ballots, of a series of' printing heads, keycontrolledmeans for setting said heads and motor devices for eiecting the relativemovement between said ballot holder and said. printing heads.

35. In voting machines, the combination with a holder for independent orirregular ballots, of a series of movable printing'heads coperatingtherewith, key-controlled means for blocking the movement of said headsand motor mechanism for shifting said ballot holder to and from saidheads.

36. In voting machines, the combination with a sliding holder forindependent or irregular ballots, of a series of loosely mounted printinheads cooperating therewith, key-control ed means for blocking themove'- ment of said heads, a receiver for the ballotsv and motor devicesfor moving said ballot holder to and from said piintin .heads and fordelivering the ballot to sai receiver. i

37. In voting machines, the combination withv a receiverfor independentlor irregular ballots, having la slot, of a shifting ballot holdernormally in line with said slot, a series of printing'heads, keys forblocking said heads' and motor mechanism for shift'- ing said ballotholder-out 'of line with said 125 slot as the voter is admitted to themachine and for advancin said holder to and .from said printin heads andback into line with said slot as t e voter leaves the machine.

38. In voting machines, ""ae combination with a shifting holder forirregular or independent ballots, of a series-of slidableprintmechanismbeing arranged to shift -said 10 holder in advance of saidloekingand restoring devices both as the voter enters and as he leavesthe machine.

JAME/s H. DEAN.

Witnesses:

GEORGE P. FISHER, Jr., KATHARINE GERLACH.

